Asia has been the fastest growing region of the past decades. Emerging Asia will continue to deliver the largest contribution to world GDP growth this year, even with China slowing down. However, challenges remain present.

Your monthly appointment with the financial markets. What were the trends for equities, bonds, currencies and commodities in the past month, and what made the markets move ? You can discover the most striking evolutions in this clear and concise analysis.

Technological progress usually goes hand in hand with a fear that jobs will disappear. However, as yet there is no irrefutable evidence that technological progress has reduced the overall number of jobs, at least not from a long-term perspective. Will things be different this time around?